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Offic�al Series Description-HAMEL Series Page 2 of 3
<br /> south and 2300 feet west of the northeast corner of Sec. 18, T.121 N.,R.26 W., USGS'Annandale
<br /> quadrangle; lat. 45 degrees 17 minutes 34 seconds N.; long. 94 degrees 00 minutes 13 seconds W.,
<br /> � NAD27 . • . . �
<br /> RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Depth to free carbonates range from 30 to 65 inches. The mollic � .
<br /> epipedon thickness ranges from 24 to 60 inches. Typically the upper colluvim contains less than 2
<br /> percent gravel by volume and the lower part contains 2 to 6 percent gravel by volume�of mixed � ;
<br /> lithology. � � � �
<br /> � The A horizons have liue of lOYR or is neutral, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 0 to 2. Typically it is _ ��
<br /> loam or clay loam, but silt loam or silty clay loam are within the range. It has coati.ngs of clean sand and ;
<br /> silt particles in the lower part of the A horizon in sorne pedons. It is moderately acid to neutral.
<br /> � The Btg horizon has hue of�lOYR, 2.SY, or SY, value of 2 to 4, and chroma of 1 ar 2. It is clay loam, � � �
<br /> silty clay loam high in sand, or loam. It has between 25 and 35 percent clay and 15 to 35 percent fine
<br /> sand and coarser. It has B/A clay ratios of 1.2 to 1.4. It has few to many,.faint to prominent clay films. It j
<br /> is moderately acid to neutral. . . � `
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<br /> � �The C horizon has hue of a 2.SY or SY, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 1 or 2. It is loam or clay loam. It is � �
<br /> � slightly alkaline,or moderately al�Caline. The clay content ranges from 18 to 32 percent ancl the total sand �
<br /> �content�ranges from 25 to 45 percent. ' � . .
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<br /> �COMPETING SERIES: These are the Alvada, Barr ,Berville, Brookston,Buntingville, Clackamas, ;
<br /> ' . �Cordova, Forestci , Jameston,lVlaxen�o, Millgrove, Navan,Nosoni; Reiisselaer, and Westland soils. �
<br /> The Alvada series (Tentative- OI� is not in the OSD file at this time. The Barry,Berville,Brookston, �
<br /> Cordova, Marengo,Millgrove,Navan,Rensselaer, and Westland soils have a mollic epipedon that is E
<br /> � less than 24 inches thick. The Buntingville soils have cazbonates at depths of less than 20 inches. The . . �
<br /> Clackamas and Nosoni soils lack free carbonates in the series control section. . � � � r
<br /> � The Forestcity soils have 45 to 65 percent sand and 10 to 18 percent clay in the underlying material. The � !
<br /> � . . Jainestown soils formed in a firm and very firm till associated with the iowan Erosional surface.
<br /> � � GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Hamel soils have concave slopes in swales; rims of closed depressions, � .
<br /> � . foot and toe s'lopes, and upper drai.nageways below sloping�to very steep slopes. Slope gradients are 1 to
<br /> 4 percent. Hamel soils formed in:slope colluviuin and glacial till of Late Wisconsinan Age.�Mean annual
<br /> air temperature is about 45 to 48 degrees F. Meari annual precipitation is about 25 to 30 inches. Frost ;
<br /> free days range from 125 to-165. Elevation above sea level ranges from 700 to 1600 feet. . �
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<br /> � � GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED�SOILS: These are principally the Ha•yden and Lester soils. � `
<br /> These soils are well drained and are.on the higher lyirig, gently sloping to very steep slopes. �
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<br /> . DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Poorly drained and somewhat poorly drained. Surface runoff is '
<br /> low or moderately low. Permeability is moderately slow. The apparent seasonal high water table is at .5 �
<br /> � to 1.5 feet for the poorly drained phase and 1.5 to 2.5 feet for the�somewhat pooily drained phase during �+
<br /> spring in normal years. � : . . . ;
<br /> � � USE AND VEGETATION: Most of this soil is cropped to com,hay, soybeans,�and small grains. �
<br /> � However, significant.areas are in pasture and forest.�Native vegetation is mixed wet prairie grasses and �
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<br /> � deciduous forest. � . � � . � � . �
<br /> . DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Primarily in the.southeast one-quarter of Minnesota in the timbered,
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<br /> • http://www2.ftw.nres.usda.gov/osd/dab�UI3AMEL.htin1 � 5/18/2007 �
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